Python Job Trends in Cheshire

Python
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 25 57
Rank change year-on-year -49 +32 -38
Permanent jobs citing Python 14 44 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.74% 8.94% 3.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.97% 30.77% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 19
10th Percentile £27,500 £40,917 £34,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £48,306 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £59,375 £63,302
90th Percentile £111,250 £72,650 £70,000
North West median annual salary £61,250 £65,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% +14.04% -8.80%

All Programming Languages
Cheshire

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 156 143 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.24% 29.07% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 151 68 367
10th Percentile £41,000 £32,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £49,375 £35,000 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,525 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Python job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Python
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Cheshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Cheshire

Python
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington -30 5 £102,500 +112.19% 13
Macclesfield -5 4 £30,000 -7.69% 2
Chester -14 3 £85,000 +47.83% 7
Python
North West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) GitHub
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 1 (7.14%) Amazon Bedrock
5 1 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
5 1 (7.14%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Run
5 1 (7.14%) GCP
5 1 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (7.14%) Data Mining
2 1 (7.14%) MariaDB
2 1 (7.14%) MySQL
2 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) Claude Code
General
1 4 (28.57%) Multimedia
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Trainee
2 3 (21.43%) Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning Scientist
2 3 (21.43%) Research Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Research Scientist
2 3 (21.43%) Trainee Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Web Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Trainee Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Trainee Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Trainee Web Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) CSS
1 4 (28.57%) HTML
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) PyTorch
3 2 (14.29%) PySpark
3 2 (14.29%) React
4 1 (7.14%) FastAPI
4 1 (7.14%) Nuxt
4 1 (7.14%) REST
4 1 (7.14%) RESTful
4 1 (7.14%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) Robotics
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
1 5 (35.71%) Machine Learning
2 4 (28.57%) Web Development
3 3 (21.43%) AI
3 3 (21.43%) Analytics
3 3 (21.43%) Applied Mathematics
3 3 (21.43%) Benchmarking
3 3 (21.43%) Mathematics
3 3 (21.43%) Physics
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Vision
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Microservices
4 2 (14.29%) Motion Control
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) R
4 2 (14.29%) C
4 2 (14.29%) C++
4 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (7.14%) C#
5 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) AWS Certification
2 4 (28.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
3 3 (21.43%) PhD
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) OpenAI